Summary of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
In addition to being the artist who designed the Moulin Rouge's legendary posters, Toulouse-Lautrec was an aristocrat, dwarf, and party animal who invented a cocktail called the Earthquake (half absinthe, half cognac). His favorite pursuits were dressing up (geisha girl and clown get-ups were among his more memorable party outfits) and frequenting Parisian brothels, where he was a V.I.P. Like insects trapped in amber, his paintings, drawings and of course his famous posters preserve the swirl of energy, mix of classes and cultures, and the highs and lows of urban life in 19th-century Paris.
Accomplishments
- Toulouse-Lautrec was the first artist to elevate advertising to the status of a fine art. This is an extraordinary shift in the history of art, obliterating the boundaries between high (painting, drawing, sculpture) and low (posters, logos and other forms of visual culture) art. Acknowledging that some of his greatest masterpieces were posters for nightclubs does not in any way diminish their value. On the contrary, it set the gold standard for great commercial artists from Alphonse Mucha to Andy Warhol.
- In contrast to nearly all o
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue
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Title:Moulin Rouge: La Goulue
Artist:Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi – Saint-André-du-Bois)
Printer:Affiches Américaines, Charles Lévy (Paris)
Date
Medium:Lithograph printed in four colors; three sheets of wove paper
Dimensions:sheet: 74 13/16 x 45 7/8 in. ( x cm)
Classifications:Prints, Posters
Credit Line:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund,
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Vendor: Maurice Le Garrec (French)
Denver Art Museum. "Toulouse-Lautrec from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 5, –July 4,
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Power of Prints: The Legacy of William M. Ivins and A. Hyatt Mayor," January 26–May 22,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Toulouse-Lautrec on Stage," April 2, –August 4,B; ;Toulouse-Lautrec,
Colta Ives Toulouse-Lautrec in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, July 2-September 29, New York,
Helen Burnham, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Toulouse-Lautrec and the Stars of Paris. Boston,Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec &#; The Artist of Parisian Nightlife
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Henri de Toulouse-LautrecWho is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a 19th-century French painter, illustrator and poster artist, known for his atmospheric depiction of the Parisian underworld. Besides his work as an artist, his height (only cm), and scandalous behaviour in society brought him notoriety.
He is one of the most famous post-impressionist painters of the era, whose style was also influenced by Art Nouveau, and the topics he focused on centred around the bohemian life on the streets, in brothels, theatres and bars in Paris. Although he died young and his whole career lasted less than 20 years, he managed to produce a great number of for the time modern, provocative and decadent images that give us a real picture of what Parisian nightlife was like at the end of the 19th century. The most famous works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec are the posters commissioned by the Moulin Rouge cabaret, including the poster for the performance of Jane Avril (), Divan Japonais (), and t
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Who Was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec?
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec pursued painting as a youth and went on to create innovations in lithograph drawing. He became highly famed for his posters, influenced by Japanese styles and Impressionist Edgar Degas, and for imbuing marginalized populations with humanity in his art, including sex workers, as seen in his print series Elles. Other notable works include At the Moulin Rouge and The Streetwalker. Consumed by heavy drinking and suffering from various illnesses, he died on September 9, , at the age of
Early Life and Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born into the aristocracy on November 24, , in Albi, France. His parents, Adèle and Alphonse, were first cousins said to be descended from previous instances of family inbreeding, and as such Toulouse-Latrec and his cousins suffered related physical ailments. Both of Toulouse-Lautrec’s femurs were fractured during his teens, a condition believed to have contributed to his later height, with the young man reaching a height just above four-and-a-half feet, having a full-length torso with shortened legs and walking with the use of
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